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History · Farm Ridge Township

Farm Ridge Township’s post office opened in 1844, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Farm Ridge Township began

When was Farm Ridge Township founded?

1844

The Farm Ridge Township post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Farm Ridge (1844), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 844182 years
Founding year: the first Farm Ridge Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Farm Ridge Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Farm Ridge Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1844: 182 years of Farm Ridge Township.Old housesHalf of Farm Ridge Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Farm Ridge Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Farm Ridge Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Farm Ridge Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Farm Ridge is an unincorporated community in Farm Ridge Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Farm Ridge is 4.3 miles (6.9 km) west of Grand Ridge.

Its first post office opened in 1844. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 918 to 844 (-8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Farm Ridge Township

Nobody well known was born in Farm Ridge Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Clyde TombaughAmerican astronomer · b. 1906
Jim BottomleyAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1900
Jerry WellerAmerican politician · b. 1957
Herbert Spencer JenningsAmerican biologist · b. 1868
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Clarence E. MulfordAmerican writer · b. 1883
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Edward H. PlumbFilm score composer · b. 1907
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Farm Ridge, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Farm RidgeReed Crossing
Gone or out of use
Crawford SchoolschoolDiehl SchoolschoolEssick SchoolschoolHayes SchoolschoolHodgson SchoolschoolMcCombs SchoolschoolPaddy Ridge SchoolschoolSkinner Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Farm Ridge Township
Grand Ridge Mutual and Poundstone FamilyHill

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Vermillion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeer Park Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth Ottawa Township1 historic placeA−Bruce Township3 historic placesAGrand Rapids TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Farm Ridge Township’s history

What year was Farm Ridge Township founded?

The Farm Ridge Township post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.